Committee Members: Jacob Gossett Maya Tamang Michael Hampton
Bill Number 8008135
Title of Bill - Gay Marriage Act of 2015
Preamble: Whereas same-sex marriage is only legal in Massachusetts, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, W. Virginia, Virginia, N. Carolina, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washing D.C and since marriage is currently defined as a union between a man and woman, and since the Defense of Marriage Act prevents same-sex couples from receiving family health coverage, medical and bereavement leave, child custody, tax benefits and pension plans, and since the Supreme Court declared marriage as a fundamental right under the Constitution,
SECTION 1: Let the definition of marriage be only a legal union between one man and one woman, one man and one man and one woman and one woman.
SECTION 2: Let married couples, as defined in SECTION 1, and persons in a civil union receive all rights and benefits reserved for married couples under the definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act.
SECTION 3: Let same-sex couples receive equal opportunity, privilege and right to adopt a child, with the same procedure as couples of the opposite sex.
SECTION 4: This bill shall go into effect 91 days after passage.
Gay Marriage FTW
Committee Members:Jacob Gossett
Maya Tamang
Michael Hampton
Bill Number 8008135
Title of Bill - Gay Marriage Act of 2015
Preamble: Whereas same-sex marriage is only legal in Massachusetts, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, W. Virginia, Virginia, N. Carolina, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washing D.C and since marriage is currently defined as a union between a man and woman, and since the Defense of Marriage Act prevents same-sex couples from receiving family health coverage, medical and bereavement leave, child custody, tax benefits and pension plans, and since the Supreme Court declared marriage as a fundamental right under the Constitution,
SECTION 1: Let the definition of marriage be only a legal union between one man and one woman, one man and one man and one woman and one woman.
SECTION 2: Let married couples, as defined in SECTION 1, and persons in a civil union receive all rights and benefits reserved for married couples under the definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act.
SECTION 3: Let same-sex couples receive equal opportunity, privilege and right to adopt a child, with the same procedure as couples of the opposite sex.
SECTION 4: This bill shall go into effect 91 days after passage.